R.E.M. Damage Inspection by wblack
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R.E.M. Damage Inspection
Re-Posted 5/22/2013
The theme of this re-post is best characterized by the following quote, from Galt’s speech in Atlas Shrugged.
“Courage and confidence are practical necessities . . . courage is the practical form of being true to existence, of being true to truth, and confidence is the practical form of being true to one’s own consciousness.”
– from ”The New Intellectual” by Ayn Rand
Link: Ayn Rand Lexicon.
Highly recommended are the See also links: Integrity; Morality; Rationality; Truth; Virtue.
An Orion’s Arm future history image.
Here two of my R.E.M. Work-Pod’s inspect meteor strike damage on a J11 transport in flight. In this instance the Work-Pod’s are carried on the transport (sans their orbital maneuvering stage) for the purpose of just such an eventuality. You will have to view full screen to pick them out against the 200 foot diameter transport. The meteor strike is on the Orion impulse stage, Work-Pod’s are in hover between the red-nozzle Meta-Stable Hydrogen/Oxygen engines on the J11’s spherical landing stage, just below the landing-strut.
These are the gold anodized glass version of the model with nested telescoping curved armor plates deployed to protect the glass view-bubble.
In the context of my future history timeline these systems would need to come into use during resource recovery missions of the Martian Terraforming program at +250 years, their use extending into the System States era at +750 years and beyond.
R.E.M. Work Pod descriptive text can be found in my previous post here:
Link: R.E.M. Repair & Engineering Module.
The J11R2 version interplanetary transport shown here comes into service around the +250 year mark on my future history timeline.
The J11R2 is featured in the following images:
Link: Callisto Landing.
Link: Bernal Sphere.
The J11R2 is also featured in my up-dated version of “Battle Over Phobos.”
Link: Battle Over Phobos.
Future History Timeline Context Link: Orion’s Arm Future History Timeline.
All models are my own Bryce creations, constructed in Bryce 6.3 and rendered in Bryce 7 Pro.
As always thank you for your interest, thoughtful comments, and encouragement.
Comments (18)
wblack
As I recall grafikeer had asked me about how this model was constructed: This took several steps. First I positioned the J11 transport model along with the two Work-Pod models, set up the lighting and camera angle then rendered the image 4 times: 1 full image render and 1 full image Mask render. 1 individual J11 model Mask only Render. 2 individual Work-Pod models Mask only renders - one for each vehicle. Then I saved the Bryce file. In a separate Bryce file I created a single section of the cylindrical model which forms the impulse stage, and pierced it with a negative Boolean. Next I positioned a simple single crater terrain I created, dimpled and eroded with the tools in the Bryce Terrain Editor, inside the gap. I also pierced the bottom of the "crater" so I could position some interior debris within the opening. I textured the terrain with the base texture of the impulse stage and fitted everything together with care. Next I merged the J11 transport model file with the "pierced" impulse stage file and carefully positioned the damage model section on the impulse stage. Once I had the section positioned and scaled perfectly to match the J11’s impulse stage I deleted the J11 model and both work pod models so I could render the damaged section alone - along with a image mask. In Photoshop I layered the damaged section of the hull onto the original image and added some scorch marks around the damage with the airbrush tool. Finally I merged the layers and saved the web-optimized copy for up-load. My process tends to create large numbers of files because I save every file and every step of every production as individual files, this includes model files and image layer files ... as you might imagine I have quite a collection of files stored on an out-board drive.
MarkHirst
The zoomed version is amazing. Very impressive modelling, never imagined Bryce could be used like that.
Cyve
Fantastic creation !
ronmolina
Excellent render and model!
spiritmind
great modeling work in bryce:)
grafikeer
As good the second time around...the modelling is exceptional by any standards,but more so since it is done in Bryce! The steps taken were well worth the result...I'm one to try and do it all in one render,so the patience needed to render and render again is commendable! I really like the Work-Pods...very creative design work and texturing!
geirla
Nicely done! Thanks for the play-by-play.
shayhurs
Very well done!
peedy
Fantastic modeling, as usual. Corrie
karl.garnham1
Outstanding work as always I have always admired what you can do in bryce. I love the way you have done the damage as well. Well Done 5+ Karl
Kinchie
Magnificent work!
flavia49
fabulous work
ansgar2
Awesome...well done!!!!
gmvgmvgmv
Wonderfully dramatic use of light. Fine modeling as well. Congrats!!
London224
wonderfully realistic!!
luckybears
Sir, we can agree that this a virtual model, but you dispose the model in actuality. How does it overcome the positronic and electromagnetic interference of Jupiter and Saturn.
wblack
luckybears, Actually, we need not agree that it is a virtual model. I know that it is in fact a Bryce model, because I built it. This fact requires no agreement. By the way, in your comment (above) I am sure the word you intend is “depose” not “dispose.” Grammatical correction provided at no charge. To address your meaning rather than your language: My work is Hard SF. In regards to your question … Planetary magnetic fields offer no significant problem or interference to spacecraft even at our current level of technology. Observe: Cassini has been orbiting Saturn since 2004 after performing a close flyby of Jupiter (passing through Jupiter's magnetic field twice) and passing through Saturn's magnetic field on more orbits than I can count. The Cassini probe’s structure sufficiently shields its electronic components from electromagnetic interference, radiation flux from its own radioisotope thermoelectric generator, as well as cosmic ray, or energetic particle, bombardment. The large vehicle depicted here is many thousands of tons more massive than Cassini, its structure provides even more formidable shielding than the Cassini spacecraft’s. Since positrons are on your mind, you might be interested to know that positrons can be generated by positron emission radioactive decay (through weak interactions), or by pair production from a sufficiently energetic photon. Certain kinds of particle accelerator experiments involve colliding positrons and electrons at relativistic speeds. I am not aware of any spacecraft (real or fictional) that fly inside particle accelerators – and certainly none that I have depicted are indicated to do so. Gamma rays, emitted indirectly by a positron-emitting radionuclide (tracer), are detected in positron emission tomography (PET) scanners used in hospitals. PET scanners create detailed three-dimensional images of metabolic activity within the human body. On a humorous note: if you Google the word “positron” in conjunction with the proper noun “Jupiter” your search results in an entry directing you to a Positron Tomography department in a hospital near Jupiter Florida - perhaps when you were Googling what you imagined to be scientific sounding terms you were overcome with excitement and failed to correctly read the entry.
Tabian13
All the tech talk on this one has just dusted my head so all I can say is “Right on” That’s one fancy piece of spaceware.. Love it